The Blue Scholar
Nate MarshallWhat do plumbing and St. Benedict have in common? Me. Writing about ora et labora—prayer and work—vocation, theology, philosophy, blue collar life, the trades, plumbing, technology, tools, culture, and more.
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Some people know that Mickey Mouse was first debuted to the world on November 18th, 1928 in the animated short film Steamboat Willie.
What the general public has mostly forgotten — but Disney history buffs and trivia lovers take joy in rem...
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This short edition of The Blue Scholar is a little off the beaten path of my usual fare, although not entirely unprecedented. I have once written a poem, and I have once written about having to kill a bird.
Today, I share a poem about havi...
The Religious Shape of Trades Apprenticeships, Pt. 1
Towards the end of an essay I wrote for school that ended up being published at The North American Anglican, I stumbled into articulating an idea that until that time had only existed at the hazy borders of my intuition:
Apprenticeships...
Up High, Down Low
Hand study by French iconographer Sandrine Lafouasse. Her website.
I’ve been thinking about hands.
I mean, in a way, they’re all I think about. Take all of my writing, whether for The Blue Scholar or my other newsletter, diacoNate, and co...
Don't Follow Your Passions or Dreams to a Career
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General advice has the unique quality of almost always being terrible, which also gives to it its one virtue: consistency. Despite the best intentions of the general-advice-giver, it rarely hits. The “average...
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Apologist for manual labor. Plumber by trade. Postulant to the diaconate. Seminarian at Cranmer Theological House. Chasing turds and words.
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